Ze Frank

person · in 32 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 6 · 2008: 3 · 2009: 6 · 2010: 7 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 6 · 2013: 2

Threads

• John: discuss the political situation in Georgia while wearing a peanut butter face (2008 challenge from Hank) — punishment, performed, 2008–2008
• Hank asks viewers to make beats from his mouth sounds at star.me (2011) — ask, reported back, 2011–2011
• Hank visits Northrop Grumman to meet the builders of the James Webb Space Telescope (2012) — story, tell, 2012–2012

What the videos say

2007

• 2007-01-30 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 30, 2007 — Starting a comments segment, John notes 'something from the comments' is Ze Frank's thing and renames it 'Voices from the comments'. (00:00:53)
• 2007-03-16 · March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options — Hank says Ze Frank likely inspired much of what the brothers are doing in Brotherhood 2.0, maybe more than they realise. (00:00:03)
• 2007-03-16 · March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options — Hank says Ze Frank has made a hilarious video every weekday for the past year, earning international attention, New York Times coverage and hundreds of thousands of viewers. (00:00:03)
• 2007-03-16 · March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options — Hank says that from today Ze Frank viewers will no longer be able to watch Ze Frank. (00:00:44)
• 2007-03-16 · March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options — Hank invites Ze Frank's viewers to procrastinate with Brotherhood 2.0 instead, which also has songs and projects viewers can join, though none as cool as Ze Frank's. (00:00:44)
• 2007-05-21 · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — Hank reads mean Gizmodo comments on his video ('Annoying: 11 of 10', 'you are not Ze Frank', wishes he be attacked by taloned bird planes or killed) and asks why they are so mean. (00:00:57)
• 2007-08-29 · August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John — The song says John started out obsessed with 'a frank and lonely girl' (apparently Ze Frank and lonelygirl15), jumped into their world, dragged his brother in and started Brotherhood 2.0. (00:00:29)
• 2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — The song recounts that in 2006 John fell in love with 'Zay' (apparently Ze Frank) and told Hank they should do the same thing their own way. (00:00:03)

2008

• 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank tells John the only way to continue the awesome is to discuss the political situation in Georgia while giving himself a Ze Frank peanut butter mask. (00:04:09)

2009

• 2009-03-19 · Dr. Manhattan's Dangle and Brain Crack — Hank calls brain crack one of the fundamental gifts Ze Frank has given the world and links Ze Frank's brain crack video. (00:00:00)
• 2009-06-23 · Fighting the Flame War! — Asked why John never blinks, Hank jokes it is because Ze Frank, a pioneering video blogger, never blinked and 'everything we do is stolen' from him; he urges viewers to watch Ze Frank. (00:00:53)
• 2009-12-28 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — John says he doesn't blink on camera because he is focusing, and it is also a tribute to their hero Ze Frank, the original video blogger. (00:01:01)

2010

• 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says VidCon mixes serious talks, like Ze Frank's, with fun such as Rhett and Link writing a song on stage and Mystery Guitar Man making a stop-motion video with audience sounds. (00:02:31)
• 2010-03-11 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — At VidCon John most looks forward to Ze Frank, the ball pit, Charlie McDonnell biting his finger, and the concerts at night. (00:02:05)
• 2010-04-28 · Who's in Your Hug Bucket? — Hank lists people he loves but has never met and wants to hug because he is impressed with their work, from They Might Be Giants and Wil Wheaton to Ursula Le Guin, plus many YouTubers. (00:01:38)
• 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John says Ze Frank gave the most astonishingly brilliant keynote address he has ever heard. (00:01:34)
• 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John, endorsing Ze Frank's keynote, says we don't make or watch videos for money, subscribers or views, but to feel what it's like to be other people and let others feel what it's like to be us. (00:01:39)

2011

• 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — Hank says Ze Frank's new website star.me has a mission of the day: create music on a clickable grid of sounds Hank made with his mouth. (00:02:20)
• 2011-09-15 · How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com — Hank says he then sat with the idea, perfecting it in his head while it never became real; Ze Frank calls this brain crack and freed him from it. (00:01:02)

2012

• 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank spent one of the coolest days of his life talking with the people building the James Webb Space Telescope, together with his wife, Michael Aranda and Ze Frank. (00:00:00)
• 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — The main reason for the trip was filming SciShow content; Hank asks viewers to subscribe to SciShow to see him and Ze Frank talk to Northrop Grumman scientists about the Webb telescope. (00:03:25)
• 2012-08-13 · John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance — John says that, like Ze Frank and Wheezy Waiter, he recently got to talk to Rainn Wilson, and he asked Twitter for romantic problems they could solve together. (00:00:00)
• 2012-12-07 · Thoughts from Dead Animals — Hank's description says Ze Frank asked them to talk about what makes their places special, and he could not think of a better way than this museum visit. (00:00:00)

2013

• 2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John wants a way to thank creators such as Ze Frank, Wheezy Waiter and Hannah Hart for making him "lean forward", and does not think advertising alone can do that. (00:03:38)